HAHPSA 2009
Latest action · Apr 2, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4321-4331)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009 or HAHPSA 2009 — Establishes the Permanent National Health Workforce Commission. Requires the Commission to: (1) review federal policies related to the health professional workforce; (2) identify programs to reduce health professional isolation and build community health professional training infrastructure in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas; and (3) develop guiding principles and accountability standards for the education of health professionals.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to makes matching grants to states for the operation of State Health Workforce Centers to improve the training, deployment, and retention of critical health professionals in underserved areas and for underserved populations.
Revises provisions related to payments for direct graduate medical education costs and for the indirect costs of medical education, including to: (1) support the implementation of community-based training and innovative training models; and (2) require the Secretary to revise policies that constrain the Secretary's ability to respond to emergency situations and situations involving institutional and program closure.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to use excess amounts appropriated to address shortages of health professionals in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas.
Provides for the expansion of existing loan repayment programs to emphasize the provision of health professions services to facilities that have health professional shortages.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for Medical, Dental, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Behavioral and Mental Health, Public Health, and Nursing Students in the United States Public Health Sciences Track in Affiliated Schools; and (2) award grants to increase health professions training in high-needs specialties.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2009 to Jul 8, 2009; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 1, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Roland Burris | Jul 8, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 2, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Apr 2, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4320-4321)
- Apr 2, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4321-4331)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4320Text printed S4321–S4331 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text) | Apr 2, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3109 | HAHPSA 2009 | Related bill | Aug 3, 2009 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas in the United States by addressing the supply of health professionals and the distribution of health professionals to areas of need.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- HAHPSA 2009
- Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Dental care
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Home and outpatient care
- Medical education
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Nursing
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2009Introduced in Senate
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